The HIstory of Hospitals

The first hospitals were started by

• doctors

• scientists

• nurses

• early churches

The first hospitals were used to

• shelter and care for the dyinig

• quarantine the very sick

• treat patients with injuries

• research medicine and disease

Most hospitals in the 1400s only treated patients with

• fevers

• chicken pox

• injuries or patients needing rest

• life-threatening diseases

In the 1800s, as more discoveries were made about medicine and disease,

• fewer peole got sick

• hospitals improved their care

• hospitals were only used for research

• doctors didn't send patients to hospitals

During the 1800s, what other improvements did hospitals make?

• They hired more staff.

• They improved cleanliness.

• They bought better equipment.

• They hired better doctors.

TRUE or FALSE: Hospitals were not commonly used until A.D. 370

• true

• false

TRUE or FALSE: Florence Nightingale was a doctor who improved hospitals.

• true

• false

Florence Nightingale's improvements greatly

• encouraged doctors

• increased the number of hospitals that were built

• helped scientific research

• reduced the number of patients who died

In addition to her improvements, Florence Nightingale also

• built her own hospital

• trained nurses and doctors

• educated people

• started the American Red Cross

The United States has over__________ hospitals.

• 6,000

• 60,000

• 600,000

• 6 million